Thanks for the heads up, Joe.
As this is an insurance job, I'm working with the general contractor my insurance company recommended, and with the flooring installer he uses. All three of them are well known here with good reputations.
So I'll let the pros do it, and I will look for any sign of splits before I sign off.
I'm not surprised, actually. The stuff is high on the hardness chart.
The pre-finished stuff is incredibly tough. If in an area of high wear, it will prove very durable.
Yes I have! Very quiet and soft so to speak. A lot like linoleum.
There is nothing wrong with any of the products as long as you realize their life expectancy.
Yes.. Crecent wrench, Skil Saw, Coke, Channel Lock, Pergo, Formica, Etc.
"Dave Balderstone" wrote
Don't keep us in suspense. What happened to the little fishies?
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Some of the ones have huge bevels on the sides (so you could install it over grass in the yard?) and it takes a while to find one with a minimal bevel. We finally found some maple with only a small bevel and that's what's in the living room.
In other rooms, we put in engineered hardwood. It looks good, and doesn't have those annoying bevels.
Just about the only unfinished I've seen around here (except maybe through specialty stores) has been the red oak at Menards. The prefinished is much more available. (Sometimes you can get enough of the color you want on sale, too.)
My sister has cork in her house, and it doesn't feel any different than regular materials and looks to be holding up ok. It still does groove and dent if you, say, roll a chair over the same spot.
Puckdropper
Nothing to the fishies... It was 5 out of a 35 gallon tank. But when the contractor said "If it was tap water I'd say sand and refinish, but it's dirty water, so best to rip it out." who was I to argue.
In fact, ripping and replacing is faster and less intrusive!
While my parents went away for a weekend, they lost 40 gallons from a leak from a 40 gallon tank on the second level. Can you say "new ceilings"? Bad day for the little fishies too...
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:08:05 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone scrawled the following:
Are you on concrete? A few gallons of water shouldn't have damaged oak flooring unless it was soaked in it. How long was it wet?
I found a box of that at a contractor's garage sale and picked it up for $25. It is now in my entryway butted up to a horrid, old maroon carpet. Ithink the old carpet makes it look even better.
Jatoba's happenin'.
Painted baseboard makes a nice contrast to the wood.
Aquariums can be mighty expensive.
-- "Not always right, but never uncertain." --Heinlein -=-=-
Xerox, Scotch tape
any more anyone?
Q-tip ViceGrip Asprin Yo-Yo Thermos Crock-Pot...
We don't know. Several hours, anyway. Discovered it at 6 am on a Monday morning.
About 30 sq ft of 1.5" boards are seriously cupped.
It's sure purty lookin'
We're going to go get some paint chips this morning. I still have the flooring sample. But we can wait till the floor's down before making final colour decisions.
No shit, Sherlock. I got a deal a couple of weeks ago on some fish I've wanted to have again (last had them when I in high school), tiger oscars. Fellow had a pair he was letting go for $10 each.
10 - 10.5 inches long, they is. They'd sell retail for $100 - $150 apiece.Put them in the 35 gallon tank and realized it was just too small.
$500 later...
Weed-Eater
On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:21:05 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone scrawled the following:
Amazing. 4-6" boards I can see cupping, but not those toothpicks. Try putting a finish on the replacement wood, eh? ;-/
I think the contractor called it right. Replacement valid.
And does, for a whole long time.
Go light so the contrast is high. Maybe that Jewish ceiling color, beige? Booful!
Oscars, eh? The effeminate piranha of the aquarium world.
Don't worry. You're not even close to being done yet. Wait until you discover reefs and saltwater aquariums. ;)
-- "Not always right, but never uncertain." --Heinlein -=-=-
On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:58:50 -0500, the infamous "Leon" scrawled the following:
Speaking of which, anyone have a cordless blower they want to get rid of, cheap?
-- "Not always right, but never uncertain." --Heinlein -=-=-
--------------------------------- Two for one deal.
You get the leaf blower along with the Mexican National on whose back it is strapped.
You are on your own to get any required environmental approvals.
Lew
Yeah, a Nano Reef will only set you back about $1000. :()
Meantime there's a fight going on in the FW tank ...
My wife and I installed about 850sf of pre-finished 3/4" solid Oak flooring about 14 months ago. It was our first experience with real wood flooring, and it took some time, but I didn't consider it terribly difficult. It took about four days to lay, including one day that was about 1/2 lost because of a nail gun malfunction. We used a pneumatic flooring nailer. I have laid Pergo-style flooring on a couple of occasions and hardwood does go down slower.
After 14 months the floor looks great, with the exception of a couple of minor dings received during moving........... Oh, and that dropped pizza stone incident :^}
On the other hand, in spite of using felt and installing the Christmas- tree nails on 8" centers (every other into a joist) we are starting to develop a few squeaks in higher traffic areas. I am waiting to spring to see if this situation is seasonal or not. We heat with wood so some areas get rather warm and dry during the winter.
RonB
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Yeah. Dirty water he said. Bacteria, fungus...
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We collected the paint chips this morning, and we's of the same frame of mind. High contrast. We are thinking about one accent wall. We can wait until the floor is down before picking colours. Leaning towards a very subtle, very pale blue.
Chuck you, Farley!
Oscars ain't no effeminature of any kind! They is the Labradors of the aquarium world, 'scept they don't shed.
What other fish will wag its tail when it sees you, and perform "UP!" to get fed?
Harumph.
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Oh, I learned about salty water tanks 35 years ago, C-less. WAY too spendy for me.
I used to go out with one, in my college days... You can have her if you can find her.
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